Vision:

Between the Hope of Heaven and a Hurting World. We are a Biblical community of faith, in which people from all walks of life experience the love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ, find acceptance and friendship and discover practical answers to life’s problems as together we strive to live holy lives.As God’s covernant community, we are called to: Worship God together Grow in Christlikeness and Wholeness together Connect to each other in caring community Serve both our community and the world together.

Our Purpose:

At Spring Arbor Free Methodist Church, we believe that the Body of Christ goes beyond denominational groups and includes all who trust and follow Jesus. We also believe that the Bible is God’s written Word, uniquely inspired by the Holy Spirit and completely trustworthy in all it affirms. God is the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth and is sovereign, perfect and holy. Jesus Christ is the divine Son of God who came to offer Himself on the Cross for the forgiveness of our sins and to provide salvation to all who respond in faith. Salvation, which is solely by personal faith in Jesus Christ, manifests itself in the life of the believer in the sincere desire to live life according to God’s will, primarily as revealed in the Bible.

The experience of the Spirit-filled life is God’s promise  to every follower of Jesus and occurs as one is given totally to God and results in a life of holy living and loving witness for Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ will return to earth someday. Those who died in the faith will be resurrected, and as followers of Christ will be  taken to Heaven, along with all believers then living. All who have rejected the good news of life in Jesus will spend eternity separated from God.

About Us:

We are a community of unremarkable people who come from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and settings.  We are united, however, in this:  We have found forgiveness, purpose, life, and hope in Jesus Christ, the Son of God who was sent into the world to bring broken people back to God and to redeem and restore all things.

We are not perfect.  We are learning together to walk in love and freedom and joyful obedience to Christ.  We want to know God.  At the same time, we are called to bless Jackson County and beyond with the love, grace and truth that is found only in Jesus. We are called together to live in this precarious, and yet exhilarating ‘middle’ - a place of sacrifice and joy between the hope of heaven and a hurting world.